Characterization of a fructan exohydrolase purified from barley stems that hydrolyzes multiple fructofuranosidic linkages

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 715-720

  Henson, Cynthia A ^a   Livingston III, David P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate metabolism; Hordeum vulgare; Inulinase; Invertase; fructofuranoside fructohydrolase

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 0032191488     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0981-9428(98)80021-1     Document Type: Article

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